Constituency
246. Sherghati
Community mirrorBihar Assembly Election, 1967
BR-SHERGHATI
JKD 29.4%won by 3.2%SSP 26.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to JKD (JKD), which now leads by 3.2%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- JKD vote shareJKD went from 0.0% to 29.4% of the vote here (+29.4%).
- New challengerSamyukta Socialist Party (SSP) finished second with 26.2% — it did not contest here in 1962.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.6% between them, down from 69.9% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
36,136
Margin
1,172
3.24%
Candidates
6 contested · winner JKD- 1M. A. KHANJKD · JKD10,63829.4%
- 2P. SINGHSamyukta Socialist Party · SSP9,46626.2%
- 3K. P. YADAVIndian National Congress · INC7,78021.5%
- 4K. P. SINGHPraja Socialist Party · PSP5,15514.3%
- 5R. M. K. SINGHSwatantra Party · SWA1,6704.6%
- 6L. PRASADBharatiya Jana Sangh · BJS1,4273.9%
Since 1962
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- JKDflipped
- JKD–SSP swing
- +3.2%
- JKD share
- 0.0% → 29.4%
- SSP share
- 0.0% → 26.2%
- Turnout
- — → —